... regarding the OPR death records? I had it in my head that it was hoped they would be available late this year...
Sorry if I've missed something, I've been taking a little break from genealogy.
Cheers,
Mark
Any good rumours...
Moderator: Global Moderators
-
heymarky
- Posts: 123
- Joined: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:31 pm
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
Any good rumours...
Lyons and Dyers, McBeans, oh my!
-
Currie
- Posts: 3924
- Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:20 am
- Location: Australia
Hello Mark,
The last information I recall seeing was in the User Group Minutes of February 2008. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/conte ... utes14.pdf
”Paul reported that the work programme for the OPR deaths should be completed by the end of 2008. Ken explained that there may be little information in some cases other than details of mortcloth fee and that it was often burial date rather than date of death that was listed.”
But because so many Parishes didn’t keep these records or kept them poorly and for the usual other reasons the records to be released are likely to represent only a small proportion of the deaths that actually occurred.
All the best,
Alan
The last information I recall seeing was in the User Group Minutes of February 2008. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/conte ... utes14.pdf
”Paul reported that the work programme for the OPR deaths should be completed by the end of 2008. Ken explained that there may be little information in some cases other than details of mortcloth fee and that it was often burial date rather than date of death that was listed.”
But because so many Parishes didn’t keep these records or kept them poorly and for the usual other reasons the records to be released are likely to represent only a small proportion of the deaths that actually occurred.
All the best,
Alan